Get the Keys from your friends

Get the Keys from your friends

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and other public service groups emphasize the need to intervene and get the keys from someone who may drive drunk.

 

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Calculator *
How much is too much to drink? A person's BAC level is the result of a complex interaction of weight, gender, alcohol consumed and time. Use the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) calculator to see just how little alcohol it takes to put a person over the legal limit.  is.

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Weight (pounds):

                    

 

Drinks Consumed
(12 ounces beer or equivalent):

              

Over Time Period (hours):

      

Gender:

 

 

Blood Alcohol Content (BAC):

 
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  • . Each drink in this calculation assumes a volume of 0.54 ounces of alcohol (one shot of distilled spirits, a glass of wine, or 12 ounces of beer).

    *Due to the number of factors involved, no BAC calculator can be completely accurate. The results shown here should be considered only a rough estimate of one's blood alcohol content based on known inputs.

    You should not consider this to be a guideline for how much you can drink and still drive responsibly or avoid being arrested. We will not be responsible for actions taken or damages resulting from reliance on this information.


How You Can Intervene

Below are some helpful tips to get the keys from a drunk driver:

  • · If the person is a close friend, try to use a soft, calm approach at first. Suggest that he or she has had too much to drink and it would be better to let someone else drive or to take a cab.
  • · Be calm. Joke about it. Make light of it.
  • · Try to make it sound like you are doing your friend a favor.
  • · If the intoxicated person is somebody you don't know well, speak to the person's friends and have them make an attempt to persuade their friend to hand over the keys. Often, friends will listen to friends.
  • · If the person is a good friend, spouse or significant other, tell the person you won't ride in the same car if he or she insists on driving and that you will call someone else for a ride, take a cab or walk.
  • · Locate the keys while the person is preoccupied and take them away. Most likely, he or she will think the keys are lost and will be forced to find another mode of transportation.
  • · If possible, avoid embarrassing the person or being confrontational